Benfica 4-3 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Benfica 4-3 Olympique Lyonnais

Champions League · Tuesday 2 November 2010, 19:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Benfica defeated Olympique Lyonnais 4-3 in the Champions League on Tuesday 2 November 2010. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Alan Kardec opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Benfica's goals came from Alan Kardec (20'), Fábio Coentrão (32'), Javi García (42') and Fábio Coentrão (67'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Yoann Gourcuff (75'), Bafétimbi Gomis (85') and Dejan Lovren (90').

Discipline: Benfica received 3 yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Benfica were 48th on 3 points from 3 and Olympique Lyonnais 13th on 9 points from 3. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Benfica lined up in a 4-3-3 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Benfica wins, 0 draws and 1 for Olympique Lyonnais.

Going into the match Benfica's last five read L-L-W and Olympique Lyonnais's W-W-W.